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Question for Northern Ireland Office

UIN 202146, tabled on 24 June 2014

Question

Ms Margaret Ritchie
Social Democratic & Labour Party
South Down
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence she has had with the Parades Commission over summer parades in North Belfast.

Answer

Mrs Theresa Villiers
Conservative
Chipping Barnet
Commons

Answered on

30 June 2014

I met the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland (PCNI) on 14 May this year for a routine discussion about the general prospects for the 2014 parading season. I have had no correspondence or discussions with the PCNI regarding operational matters in respect of specific summer parades in any area of Northern Ireland.

The Parades Commission wrote to me on 18 June. I acknowledged this correspondence in a letter assuring the Commission that it has the fullest support of this Government in carrying out its duties.

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